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45 Cards in this Set
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harmattan
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a dry dusty wind that blows from the Sahara to the Atlantic coast of Africa during the cool months
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improvident
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lacking foresight or thrift
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kola
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an African tree whose nuts contain caffeine and yield a flavorful extract
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impending
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about to happen; imminent
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intricate
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complex, elaborately detailed, hard to follow
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cowries
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brightly colored, glossy mollusk shells used as money in parts of Africa and Asia
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prowess
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bravery, valor; skill
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ultimatum
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a final demand whose rejection ends negotiations and leads to a use of force or other strong action
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potent
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powerful
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imperious
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overbearing, arrogant, domineering
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emissary
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a person sent on a mission
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interim
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a period between; meantime
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capricious
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whimsical, flighty, tending to change suddenly and without reason
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malevolent
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wishing harm to others
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oracle
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a person or place believed to reveal messages from a god or spirit
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void
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emptiness
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matchete
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a large, heavy knife used for cutting cane and clearing paths
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abomination
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something hateful and disgusting
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kite
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a bird of the hawk family
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cassava
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a tropical plant having edible starchy roots
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tendrils
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the threadlike parts of climbing plants
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sisal
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a tropical plant whose leaves produce a fiber used in making rope
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luxuriant
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lush, teeming, growing abundantly
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tubers
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the thick, fleshy parts of underground stems, such as potatoes
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brusqueness
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curtness; rough and abrupt speech
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kindred
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a group of relatives; kin
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benevolent
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wishing good to others
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atone
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to make amends
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exacting
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strict, demanding; arduous, difficult
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poignant
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emotionally moving
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ultimate
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final, utmost
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communion
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the act of sharing thoughts and feelings with others
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calabashes
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the dried, hollow shells of a tropical gourdlike fruit, used for bowls
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foo-foo
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an African food made from boiled and mashed yam, cassava, or plantain
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tentative
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hesitant, uncertain
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pottage
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a thick soup or stew of vegetables with or without meat
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consoled
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made less sad; comforted
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persistent
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stubborn, persevering, refusing to give up
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grandees
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people of high rank
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prophesied
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predicted; foretold
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entrails
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inner organs, intestines, guts
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feign
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pretend
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harbingers
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persons or things that announce what will follow
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plantains
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tropical banana plants whose coarse fruit is eaten cooked
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raffia
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a palm tree whose leaves yield a fiber used in making baskets, hats, etc.
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